Festivel: Streets ahead

By Andrew C.C. Huang / Contributing Reporter

Fri, Aug 12, 2011 - Page 15

Now in its second year, the Street Fashion Festival (創意潮流文化節) takes place this weekend at Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山1914) with a lineup of activities and events including music concerts, a market of 100 stalls, lectures, a street dance competition, and a band contest in which 80 senior high school groups will go head to head.

Except for the concerts at Legacy Taipei (傳音樂展演空間), admission to the festival is free.

“The Street Fashion Festival is not just a music festival; it’s a lifestyle festival that celebrates music, design and dance with attitude,” said Wayne Liu (劉偉恩), festival organizer and marketing director at Cool (Cool 流行酷報), the country’s premier youth fashion magazine aimed at 18-to-28-year-olds.

ADMISSION: For the Legacy Taipei (傳音樂展演空間) concerts, tickets are NT$700 in advance and NT$800 at the door for today’s, and NT$500 in advance and NT$600 for tomorrow’s, available through FamiPort (全家) kiosks or at www.tickets.com.tw. Other festival events are free of charge